Chandigarh, Aug 8 (ANS) Punjab Police’s Counter Intelligence (CI) Ferozepur, in a joint operation with Border Security Force (BSF), has busted a major cross-border narcotics smuggling module with the arrest of two people and recovered 30 kg of heroin from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Saturday.

Those arrested have been identified as Sukhwinder Singh and Manpreet Singh, both residents of Fazilka.

The DGP said further investigation is underway to establish linkages of the cross-border smuggling network and identify all people associated with the cross-border handlers.

Sharing operational details, Assistant Inspector General (Ferozepur) Gursewak Singh said that acting upon a specific tip-off, the police conducted a special joint operation with BSF Fazilka near Satirwala village in Fazilka and apprehended two suspects travelling on the motorcycle and recovered 30.200 kg heroin from their possession.

Meanwhile, in a major follow-up breakthrough in the Batala grenade attack case, Counter Intelligence (CI) Jalandhar, in a joint intelligence-led operation with Batala Police, has apprehended the third accused involved in the attack.

The arrested accused has been identified as Karanjit Singh, a resident of Batala town.

The development came close on the heels of Punjab Police arresting two accused – Rajan, alias Gullu, and one juvenile — involved in the grenade attack on Police Post Urban Estate in Batala, which took place on August 1.

DGP Yadav said preliminary investigation has revealed that accused Karanjit is an operative of an ISI-backed terror module allegedly operated by a Portugal-based Babbar Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) mastermind.

Following the incident, the accused went into hiding and was allegedly planning similar attacks on police establishments across the state, he said, adding that using technical and human intelligence, police teams have managed to nab the accused.

The DGP said further investigation is underway to identify foreign handlers and local support networks.

–IANS

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